A leading union leader from Britain’s offshore industry has called on all British oil companies to pull out of the volatile Niger Delta region until safety can be guaranteed. The call by Graham Tran, a regional officer of Amicus, one...
Halliburton has said that its subsidiary in Iran had completed all its commitments and was no longer working in the country. In January 2005, the company said that it would not accept new work in Iran but that it would...
ConocoPhillips has become the first major US oil company to urge Congress to require mandatory limits on greenhouse. The company says it has joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, an alliance of big business and environmental groups that in January...
Oil Change Press Release, 4/13/07 - A leaked draft G8 Summit Declaration reveals that G8 leaders are considering an historic breakthrough in the fight against climate change at the upcoming G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. Despite the concern over climate,...
Four multinational oil companies have finally agreed to cede control of Venezuela's last remaining privately run oil projects to President Hugo Chávez's government. Officials from Chevron, BP, Total and Statoil signed memorandums of understanding this week agreeing to give state...
Only 10 days after Congressman Maurice Hinchey introduced the End Oil Aid Bill in the U.S. Congress, more than 150 organizations from 50 countries have written to House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, recognizing her clean energy efforts and calling on her...
In a surprise move, Kurdish lawmakers have announced that they plan to oppose Iraq’s controversial US-backed oil law. Back in February, the Kurds had agreed to support the draft law, which has been heavily criticised as giving too much control...
Germany may have often led the way in Europe on environmental issues, but Germans still love their cars. A sophisticated and intense campaign by the German motor industry recently scuppered new EU rules on tight emissions for motor vehicles. In...
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, fears the Americans will torpedo his government if his parliament does not pass Iraq’s controversial oil law. In what could be construed as diplomatic blackmail, American support for the al-Maliki administration is dependent on...
The long-awaited report by the US Chemical Safety Board concluded that “organizational and safety deficiencies at all levels of the BP Corporation” caused the fire at the company’s Texas refinery in 2005. The 335-page report calls on the U.S. Occupational...
